Wei Fufeng understood that his reliance on refugees as the basic force would inevitably lead to hostility from the landlords and wealthy families, which was why he made conciliatory gestures to the wealthy families.

The main reason for the appeasement was not to worry about the rebellion of the wealthy families in Yuzhou, which had already been cut off, but to reduce the hostility of the wealthy families outside southern Sichuan.

Wei Fufeng said again: "Master Cao, you have made the greatest contribution to the capture of Yuzhou this time. Our army will not forget your meritorious service. In return, we will give you a soldier and horse to make the military rank hereditary."

"I thank you, sir, for your gift." Cao Fanghe thanked him respectfully.

"Don't underestimate the hereditary military position of the military commander. Your position as governor cannot be passed on to your descendants. As long as our army is undefeated, your descendants will be officials for generations to come. In addition, your contribution to the city is great. The hereditary military commander

We can still move forward, but we cannot let the generals in bloody battles feel cold now." Wei Fufeng said with a smile.

"I understand, I am willing to serve you faithfully," Cao Fanghe replied respectfully.

After a brief tour of Yuzhong City, Wei Fufeng was very interested in asking his father-in-law to move to Jiangcheng to become an official. Comparing Fuzhou with Yuzhong City, and comparing Daming Palace, which is similar to Chang'an City, with Jufang Mansion.

During the tour, Wei Fufeng ordered the state government to move back to Yuzhong City. Cao Fanghe was a local snake in Yuzhou. He knew the rich family thoroughly. If the rich family had any evil deeds, they could not hide it from Cao Fanghe.

Another reason is that although the buildings in the South Bank City are much simpler than those in Yuzhong City, it will become the ruling center of southern Sichuan and central Guizhou in the future, and it will be necessary to station troops, accumulate grain, and implement military control.

Yuzhong City is mainly for business, and the residents are fixed, so it is not suitable to intervene and cause trouble.

After Yuzhong City, Wei Fufeng went to Military City in Jiangbei.

Jiangbei Military City is not too small, equivalent to one-third of Yuzhong City. There are residential areas in the city. Standing on the city tower, you can see a large number of bamboo sheds, and many people are active in the bamboo sheds.

The soldiers and horses guarding the military city introduced to Wei Fufeng that there were more than 50,000 refugees living outside the city.

Because the city cannot accommodate many refugees, Yuzhong City does not allow many refugees to enter. The refugees who can go to Ba County on the south bank are all family members who can become regiment trainees.

"With so many refugees, the former governor did not use them, nor were they allowed to go to Luzhou. They were only kept in captivity with gruel. They did not die unjustly." Wei Fufeng looked at the outside of the city with pity, but there was a bit of joy in his heart.

A military order was issued, and the officers and soldiers of Yuzhou carried out Wei Fufeng's military order. The refugees outside the city were transported by boat to Ba County on the south bank for temporary residence. Those who were sick should be kept in Jiangbei temporarily.

Wei Fufeng served as the new magistrate of Ba County, selected literate and strong men among the refugees, and sent orders to Dazu County to start expanding the city. He did not go to Luzhou, but stopped in Yuzhou to personally plan and build the city.

The purpose of the city is defense and residence, and it also has a symbolic meaning of rule. Having a majestic and vast city can gather popularity and give people in the ruled area a goal to respect.

Chang'an City was the ruling center of the Tang Dynasty recognized by all people in the world.

Yuzhou has five counties under its jurisdiction. There are Jiangjin County and Wanshou County upstream of Yuzhong City, Bishan County to the northwest, and Nanping County to the southeast.

Ba County is the largest, including the northeast area where Jiangbei Military City is located, Yuzhong City and the South Bank area.

Wei Fufeng discussed with civil and military officials that Jiangcheng County should be established in the western area outside Yuzhong City and Pingkou, and Dianjiang County should be established in the Military City north of Yuzhong City and the area north of the Jialing River.

Under the rule of Ba County, only Bacheng and the area on the south bank were left.

The Luzhou General Military Mansion, the Dudu Mansion, and the Transportation Department were ordered to move to Ba County.

Another Jiangyang Military Mansion was established in Lu County, and the military Mansion in Changzhou was renamed Dazu Military Mansion. The officers of the Military Mansion moved to Dazu County, and the commander Wang Ze was ordered to take over.

Wei Fufeng recruited strong men from various counties in Yuzhou to build cities, sent people to various counties to urge refugees to naturalize, sent troops to eliminate banditry, and tried to do more things in a short period of time.

Since there are more than 200,000 manpower available, and there are many foreign craftsmen who are good at construction among the military and refugees, coupled with adequate food supplies and incentives from free homesteads, the Luo City Wall in Bacheng was constructed in sections, and most of the thick wall was built in two months.

The tall city wall of the embryo.

The new city wall rises and falls according to the terrain, much like a continuous earthen dam.

The city wall facing the river in the north is expected to extend to 4,000 meters. When the land wall is closed and has a defensive role, the stones used by the former governor to build the city will be dismantled and the expanded city wall along the river will be built.

The construction of a city cannot be completed in a short period of time, Wei Fufeng only wanted to complete a rough outline.

During the construction of the city, canals and rivers were also excavated within the city. The soil from the rivers was used to build the city wall, and the canals were used to divert river water through the city.

Wei Fufeng's city building layout was actually based on Bianliang City (Kaifeng Prefecture), making the Quhe River an important waterway transportation, which was beneficial to business and residents' lives.

Bianliang City was the center of rule of Zhu Wen, the Xuanwu Army, but the expansion of the city was done by the predecessor of the clan, Li Mian.

Due to the different terrain, it is difficult to obtain a symmetrical tile layout in Baxian New Town.

Wei Fufeng also learned from Jinzhou West Garden to form natural landscapes in some areas of the city according to local conditions.

For this reason, Wei Fufeng ordered Yuzhou's wealthy families to send out scholars and scholars to participate in the landscape construction of the new city.

During the construction of the city, one of his subordinates suggested to Wei Fufeng that since there were many refugees who believed in Buddhism and Taoism, it would be better to build a Buddhist temple and pagoda at the highest point in the city to reassure people.

Wei Fufeng accepted it and ordered the person who suggested it to be responsible for building a pagoda, preferably comparable to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Chang'an City. The person who suggested it was shocked, but still accepted the order to plan the land survey.

The construction of the city was proceeding vigorously, but Wei Fufeng rarely visited the site to give instructions. He mostly watched from the city tower in Ba County. The Jiedushi had the majesty of the Jiedushi, and it was not appropriate to frequently overstep his authority.

As the city wall took shape, Wei Fufeng gradually reduced the number of strong men building the city and turned the strong men to farming. Finally, he only used Bacheng people and skilled craftsmen to build the city gates.

On the south gate of Ba County, Wei Fufeng and his subordinates faced the inside of the city, looking at the long and vast city wall. The entire Luo City was divided into sections according to the terrain, with continuous ups and downs. The entire new city had a circumference of thirty miles, which was larger than Bianliang City.

Although the city is vast and can accommodate a larger population, it is also difficult to defend.

Wei Fufeng was satisfied and felt that he could not lose to Gao Pian, who was expanding the city of Chengdu. In his mind, he was comparing it with the city of Chengdu.

After two months of city construction, the subsequent construction of the city has basically been planned.

The foundation of the pagoda was already under construction, but the construction officials reported that they lacked experience in building tall pagodas and did not dare to build hastily for fear of serious consequences of collapse.

Wei Fufeng agreed to postpone the construction of the pagoda and build a Buddhist temple instead. At least the main hall should be built as soon as possible. He planned to go to Chang'an or Luoyang to invite several eminent monks to come over. That is the foundation of Buddhist temple belief.

During the three months that he was in charge of Ba County, Wei Fufeng could not only focus on building the city. He had been sorting out internal changes and being wary of external enemies.

Especially the war in Xichuan. After Wei Zhaodu left, Wang Jian continued to besiege the city and still failed to capture Chengdu.

The Dongchuan Army has been actively preparing for war and has stationed 80,000 troops in Zizhou.

According to news from further east, Sun Ru was still fighting with Yang Xingmi. It was said that in the areas on both sides of the lower reaches of the river, ten houses and nine empty houses were devastated by the war.

In order to dispel the refugees' desire to return home, Wei Fufeng ordered the governor's office to exaggerate the war and falsely claimed that Sun Ru's army had invaded Ezhou (Wuhan).

Wei Fufeng also attached great importance to Qianhe Camp. After Qianhe Camp came to Bacheng from Luzhou, he personally inspected it ten times, taking care of food, clothing and shelter. He also used soldiers over ten years old from Qianhe Camp to become part of his guard in turn.

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So as long as the officials and the people saw a young man wearing short armor and white clothes standing guard on the city tower, they would know that the Jiedushi Master was on the city tower, and the reputation of Qianhe Camp would spread accordingly.

In July, a series of official documents from the Shunan Military Mansion aroused Wei Fufeng's murderous intention. More than 200 farmers and soldiers were attacked and killed by the Bo people. Wei Fufeng ordered the conquest of the Bo people.

The so-called division is famous, and the Bo people repeatedly attacked and killed farmers and soldiers, giving Wei Fufeng an excuse to train his troops.

The combat power of the army requires fighting to become a brave division, and to give the mob the bloody spirit to kill.

Another reason for ordering the expedition against the Bo people was that Qianzhou had gained more attachments from the Liao people in northern Guizhou, and the number of soldiers who had surrendered to the Liao people was as many as 10,000.

Wei Fufeng certainly didn't want to raise 10,000 soldiers from the human tribe in vain. They had to pay a lot of financial resources in exchange for them. Unlike the field soldiers in the military mansion, they could work and farm in non-war times.

When the military order came out, in addition to the Fuling Military Mansion, all the military mansions mobilized troops and assembled 60,000 troops at the Shunan Military Mansion. In addition to the 10,000 troops commanded by Lu Qing and the Shunan Military Mansion's own army, a total of eight

Ten thousand troops.

Troops were gathered and a carpet attack began.

The Bo people all settled in scattered mountain villages. The 80,000-strong army gathered suddenly and quickly, leaving the information-deprived Bo people with no time to unite to resist the enemy. In just two days of the war, four Bo people's mountain villages were wiped out.

In the first battle, nearly 10,000 Bo people were wiped out. The attacking army brutally slaughtered all the Bo men over ten years old and captured more than 10,000 Bo women and children. Thousands more Bo people escaped.

Wei Fufeng only gave the army half a month to fight. Once the date was up, no matter what the outcome, they would withdraw and return to the military mansion.

The strategic significance of attacking the Bo people is firstly to train troops, and secondly to establish authority, so that the people under the rule of southern Sichuan can feel the domineering side of Wei Fufeng.

As for protecting the interests of the military and civilians from infringement, this is a questionable reason.

After this battle, the Southern Sichuan Army suffered at least 3,000 casualties. In addition to the cost of the aftermath and rewards, it was actually not worth sending troops.

When the troops were sent to attack the Bo people, Wei Fufeng continued to stay in Bacheng. He wanted to go to Fuzhou to reunite with the Bo people after the war was over.

After the reunion in Fuzhou, he planned to go to Jinzhou. The information there was good, but Wei Fufeng was always worried about the enemy's invasion of Jinzhou.

Sometimes when he thinks quietly, Wei Fufeng feels that there is no place for him to live in peace.

In Chang'an, he was worried that the emperor would summon him and harm him.

In southern Sichuan, be alert to the presence of traitors or assassins within, and the invasion of powerful enemies from outside.

I was worried about the Hanzhong army attacking in Jinzhou, and I couldn't go back to Shangluo County. Han Jian was a tiger and a wolf.

In recent days, Wei Fufeng misses sister Lin Qingxue very much.
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